Will Slattery

And while it maybe wasn't that antagonistic, there was an unbelievable atmosphere in Temple of the Road.

I think it was probably touching 5,000 people there.

I'm hearing, you know, differing reports.

I feel like in a few years time, it'll be 25,000 people that were there.

And, you know, everyone will claim to have been part of it.

But, yeah.

St.

Mary's 20, Turnier 13, Cantarf 39, Lansdowne 28, two good games of rugby.

But as an occasion, as a weekend, I thought it was brilliant.

I was only obviously at Temple Road.

You were on Castle Avenue.

But from my vantage point, it sounds almost cliché to say it, but it was a brilliant advertisement for the club game.

There was passion, colour, lots of people packed around the pitch, packed in the bar.

I'm sure the club did well out of it on the day.

But I think everyone who was there left feeling pretty good about life.

It was that kind of day.

Yeah, one thing, even though it's club rugby, I suppose, goes from strength to strength and becomes more professional in terms of their on-pitch product.

You know, it is nice to see players after the game mingling with fans on the pitch with a can in hand and enjoying the celebrations.

I'm presuming there wasn't too many cans having the players given they have a pretty quick turnaround.

But somebody mentioned like the Mark McHugh brand of rugby, like anyone who's seen St.